Shutdown DefeatMessenger And FightPopups Spam

Before you complain and leave any bad words with my comment system, read this disclaim first:

This page provides simple steps to stop the EndAds.com, DefeatMessenger.com and FightPopups.com spam. It also call for action to shutdown the servers of these spammers together. Read before post…

I hope with the disclaimer at the very beginning, I will not sufer that much as on my entry of EndAds and BlockMessenger where people thought it was this site sending out the net send spam and just throw out all the dirty words they can think of. I hope…

Let me repeat the steps again in case people didn’t see my previous entry:

Simple steps to turn it off

The easist way to stop receiving this kind of message is to turn off Windows Messenger service. If you are running Windows XP or Windows 2000, following these steps:

Yesterday, Aug 21, 2003, Chris, who initialized the Complain Campaign, noticed us that EndAds.com is no longer accessable. It was also confirmed by Jeremy.

So, let’s keep this going people. Let us know the new domain name they come up with and we will get that thing shut down quicker than a skittish jackrabbit can lick a carrot stick.

Bravo people! Well done! Power to the Internet community fighting these SCUM! Let’s keep this going…

– chris m.

If it is really because the ISP shutdown the service (not the technical difficulties of this spammer), it is really good news. People felt the power to fight back, instead of just pay for the so called Anti-spam software from these spammers.

Call For Actions: Shutdown other Spammer Website TOGETHER

DefeatMessenger.com and FightPopups.com are owned by the same person as EndAds.com. Here is the detailed information that may be useful to file a complain. IMPORTANT: The information comes from the WHOIS database on the Internet and may NOT be accurate.

Contact:

Administrative Contact:

SpamSlammers

Admin

PO BOX 927142

San Diego, CA 92129-7142

US

800-453-3422

msgaway2003@yahoo.com

IP address: 216.251.43.11. Here is the information for the hosting company:

It is appreciated if you can point out a better way to shutdown these sites or correct me if I was wrong at any point. I believe when the voice of people surfering from these spam heard, the Internet will become peace again. Good luck!

Updated EndAds.com Spammers Caught Nov 06, 2003

Good news! The EndAds.com, actually D Square LLC was caught by FTC and was sued. I believe it is the final ending of this nightmare. Read more: EndAds.com Caught by FTC

41 thoughts on “Shutdown DefeatMessenger And FightPopups Spam”

Actually the information you have provided about these moron’s domain names is really just their domain registration and DSN information. This doesn’t actually reveal their hosting company as you can always have your DNS resolving to a different location then your site is actually being served from. If you can get the hosting company you hold the key to their web life line. It’s like finding out their home address so you can do a drive-by egging. 

To find out where a site is being served (hosted) from you have to run a “traceroute” or in DOS mode the command is “tracert”.

Below is a text that I have copied and pasted from my DOS sleuthing to discover the hosting company behind http://www.fightpopups.com

OK, so what does all this gobbley-gook mean? This is basically tracing the packet hops (sort of like a traffic route map) from my computer to http://www.fightpopups.com. As you can see in hop #20 (right before you start seeing the * * * (which are indicitive of them preventing ICMP-based pings)) you can see the name GIG2-0.tor-gsr-a.peer1.net.

Now if you want to complain even farther upstream (the farther you swim the bigger fish you catch, but you have to use more persistence) you can complain to Peer1.net’s bandwidth provider. This can be seen in hop #14 as sbcglobal.net. Double dog Yippeee!

Correction: you did a whois -h to reveal the owner of the IP address. That is a good way to do it if you are a techie and understand that sometimes ARIN may show an owner that is not the current hosting company (due to consolidation in the hosting industry), but the method I have listed above should work for the rest. I didn’t mean to sound as if you didn’t do it right bro. :)

Couldn’t stand it any longer with the pop-up ads constantly bothering me when I was surfing. It got to the point that I did a google search to find out what was causing this garbage. Thankfully, I got to your site and followed the directions to turn off the messenger service. Have not had any problems since. I did e-mail the host server to complain. Many, many thanks. Keep up the good work.

(p.s. I now see that AOL finally has a section to walk you through the messenger shut off, but you were there weeks ahead of them.)

I tried to shut down the messanger service System Alert popups as per your advice, but they don’t go away. I have 3 basic types; MessageStop, DefeatMessenger, and BroadcastBlocker, and disabling messenger thru start/run doesn’t get rid of them. Got anymore ideas? Mail me at cbsis@cox.net.

Before you, I didn’t have a problem! If this works then fine, thanks, whatever. But next time your on your crusade to solve the world’s problems remember just one thing; you could be causing the problem! I.E. ME!! You feel better? Good cause I do. Good-bye, so long, good riddence. Let’s see if you have the guts to post this one! Jerk!

Thank the good Lord for you! Until I got these “fight pop-ups” ads started showing up I never had a problem. And now these people want us to buy their product to prevent them from invading us? That’s not only blackmail, it’s extortion. They should be arrested. That’s like saying they’ll leave us alone if we just give them our lunch money.

Thanks for the ideas/info. I don’t know whether it works yet. I’m so sorry that people are ignorantly taking out their frustrations on you!

Fellow posters-I know y’all aren’t computer geniuses, but read the goddamn page before spewing venom. The first hint that this guy is not responsible for your frustrations is that his address is home.wangjianshuo.com NOT endads or broadcastblaster etc etc. PLUS…THOSE sites demand you to pay for their help. That’s their whole point, and this guy is offering help for free. Eeek. so much anger.

Thanks again, Wangjianshuo! I thought I was alone with no possible solutions to these popups!

Just followed your advice, about 15 mins ago. Have had one ‘broadcast blocker’ but since then…….woops a fightpopups has just come on screen this second. Whether your advice works or not its a nice thought. These guys who demand payment to stop their pop ups (and 90% of the ads are ads on how to stop the ads! the rest are cheap drugs or weight loss schemes) are running a protection racket.

I have not used your technique yet, but I will give it a try. I just want to tell you how nice it is to find someone who is trying to help in this annoying situation. I am also very sorry to see all those who are venting their anger on you. Please continue your good works and know that there are plenty of us out here who really, really appreciate what you are trying to do.

For those of you who say that stopping & disabling the messenger service isn’t doing the job, have you checked that the messenger service is still stopped and disabled?

I don’t want to sound patronising but maybe you stopped the service but didn’t disable it, meaning it will start again when you next log in. Just a thought cos I can’t see how you can recieve ‘net send’ messages if there is no software running to receive and process them.

Keep up the good work Jian and don’t lose heart at those who are oblivious to your fine intentions. Good on yer mate.

I just wanted to say thank you. I have four computers, so I spend a lot of time online. I agree that these ads are extortion and blackmail. I came to your website 3 days ago and tried your fix on all of my computers. To this point (3 days and counting) I have not recieved a single one of these “new” form of popups on any of my computers. Thank you, thank you, thank you, and a million more thanks.

Jian Shuo, Thank you!!! I cannot tell you how relieved I feel after stopping the pop-ups. They’re finally gone!! However, when I first followed your steps, I continued to receive them. The following may help others who have tried to disable Messenger but continue to get pop-ups:

1. Follow Jian Shuo’s instructions again for disabling Messenger. Except this time, when you find Messenger in the Services name column, also look at the “Service Status?column.

2. If it reads “Started?rather than just being a blank space, double click on “Messenger?(just as you did the first time to disable it).

3. Look at the part of the “Messenger Properties?window that shows the “Service status.?Click on “Stop.?

4. Before you leave the Messenger Properties window, the settings should indicate that the “Startup type?is disabled, and the “Service status?is stopped. Then click “OK?

Good luck, all! Since the pop-ups have stopped, my computer is running more smoothly with fewer fractured screens and screen freeze-ups, faster website access, etc. You’ve helped so many people! I’ll be spreading the word about the abuse and the cure. Thanks again, Jian Shuo!!!

I appreciate your effort in trying to get rid of these anoying bastards but unfortunately it did not work. I followed your steps twice but the “endads” keep popping up. I really, really, really want these stupid, anoying, ridiculous, unbelieveably lame popup ads to stop! Please help.

I WANT TO GET RID OF ALL POPUPS AND NO ONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO STOP ANYONE FROM DOING SO. IT IS OUR RIGHT NOT TO HAVE BULL SHIT FILL UP OUR COMPURTERS IT SHOULD BE THE SAME RIGHT AS IF I WAS ON THE PHONE AND HAD A BUNCH OF LAME PEOPLE CALLING WANTING TO SELL ME SOMETHING SO PLEASE HELP ALL WHO WANT TO STOP ALL JUNK OR WHAT IS KNOWN AS POP UP’S THANK YOU JEFFRYE E. MYERS E-MAIL JEFFMYERS555@AOL.COM